One of the regular features onThe Late Late Show With James Cordenis called Role Call, where the host will recreate a number of iconic scenes with his guest that evening. Earlier this week, the iconicSamuel L. Jacksonappeared on the show, and being the good sport that he is, agreed to take part in that night’s Role Call, where the actor revisited his beloved Jules Winnfield character fromQuentin Tarantino’s indie classicPulp Fiction. Throughout this 11-minute video, the star revisited a number of his most indelible performances, with the help of some props, wigs and fake backdrops.
The 11-minute video was posted onThe Late Late Show’sYouTubepage, which begins with Jules Winnfield’s iconic Biblical speech, and hasJames Cordenplaying the role ofJohn Travolta’s Vincent Vega. They then quickly transition to another early scene in the film where Vincent Vega explains to Jules that a McDonald’s quarter pounder with cheese is called a Royale with Cheese, because of the metric system. After a quick costume change, they transition to anotherQuentin Tarantinoclassic, the 1997Elmore LeonardadaptationJackie Brown, withJames CordenplayingRobert De Niro’s Louis Gara in a scene towards the end whereSamuel L. Jackson’s Ordell Robbie shoots and kills him.
This comprehensive video also covers theShaftremake, theKingsman: The Secret Servicescene where his character Valentine killsColin Firth’s Harry Hart, a pivotal scene fromThe Negotiator, and even the brief scene inGoodfellaswhere his minor character Stacks Edwards is killed. The scenes involving guns are humorously handled with toy guns where a “Bang!” sign pops out of the barrel. This celebratory video even features his one memorable scene in 1988’sComing To America, where he plays a deranged man trying to rob the fast food restaurantEddie Murphy’s Akeem works at.
The video takes a hilarious turn around the four-minute mark, whereSamuel L. Jacksonrevisits his Augustus Gibbons role from the originalXXX, withJames Cordentrying to imitateVin Dieselas the title character.Samuel L. Jacksoncan’t help but break character when he hearsJames Corden’s lacklusterVin Dieselimpression. The video continues with his “Jesus/Hey Zeus” scene fromDie Hard With a Vengeance, followed by his pivotal courtroom scene inA Time to Kill, a scene featuring his Mister Senor Love Daddy character fromSpike Lee’sDo the Right Thing, and even a live-action version of hisThe Incrediblescharacter Fro-Zone. Those scenes represent merely the first half of this 11-minute video.
Other movies revisited in this video include a hilarious re-creation of his shark attack death inDeep Blue Sea, and even an interesting version of the upcomingKong: Skull Island, which hits theaters tonight in sneak preview screenings. The video ends with scenes from theStar Warsprequel trilogy,Django Unchained,The Hateful Eight, all of his Marvel movies at once, andSoul Men. Take a look at this hilarious 11-minute video that pays tribute to the legendary career ofSamuel L. Jackson.
